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medevac U.S.|ˈmɛdɪvæk|
Also medivac.
[f. medical a. + evacuation.]
A military helicopter for transporting wounded soldiers to hospital. Hence Medevac, Med-Evac v. trans., to transport by medevac.
1966[see heli-]. 1967Harper's Mag. Jan. 77 The two wounded Aid Men continued to crawl about and administer care. There would be no medevac; there was no landing zone for it. 1969Time 28 Nov. 23 At My Lai, Ridenhour reported, one soldier shot himself in the foot so that he would be Medevacked out of the area. 1973Washington Post 13 Jan. A. 3/3 You look at an NLF (National Liberation Front) soldier who can't get Med-Evac'ed in 20 minutes. 1973Maclean's Mag. July 17/3 While McCoy attended his patients, and the nurses and Thomas stood by, Logozar and Hartwell debated who would fly the medivac. |